Xueli Zhang

Xueli Zhang

PhD of Bioinformatics, Assistant Professor

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

Research Interests:

Xueli Zhang’s primary research focus lies in examining the comorbidity relationships of diseases through the lens of complex networks. He is keenly interested in discovering novel combination markers that can offer insights into these relationships. Over the course of his academic journey, Dr. Zhang has been instrumental in constructing several biomarker databases and predictive models, showcasing his prowess in the field.

Publications & Achievements:

He boasts an impressive repertoire of more than 30 SCI publications. Of these, over 10 were featured in prestigious journals, such as Intensive Care Medicine, BMC Medicine, and Bioinformatics, where Dr. Zhang has been recognized as either the first or the corresponding author. His significant contributions to the scientific community have not gone unnoticed, with his work being cited in high-caliber journals, including Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology and Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Primary Academic Positions:

  1. Committee Member of the “Translational Informatics & Data Sharing Security” special committee under the organizing Chinese Bioinformatics Society.
  2. Young Editor for the SCI journal iMeta.
  3. Reviewer for journals including iMeta, Database, iScience, Heliyon, NRR, Medicine Advances, BMC series, and more.

Research Projects Led:

YearFoundation
2023-2025RMB ÂĄ300,000, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Exploring the comorbidity mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and age-related macular degeneration based on gene-environment interaction networks.
(Grant number: 32200545)
2023-2025SEK 400,000, Lion Research Foundation, Sweden
Artificial intelligence-based prognostic biomarker discovery for colorectal cancer.
(Grant number: DNR LIU-2023-01204)
2020-2025RMB ¥500,000, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, China
Genetic comorbidity analysis and biomarker discovery for age-related eye diseases.
(Grant number: KJ012020633)
Interests
  • Mechanism of Comorbidity
  • Network analysis
  • Biomarker Research
  • Database
Education
  • PhD in Biomedicine, 2020

    Ă–rebro University

  • MSc in Bioinformatics, 2016

    Soochow University

  • BSc in Biological Sciences, 2013

    Taiyuan Normal University

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